BBC reporting light aircraft down near Market Rasen

[G-CPTN]

Seaking and air ambulance on site.

[pumuckl]

BBC article (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8140907.stm)

It's near Market Rasen in Lincolnshire.

[rans6andrew]

more info

Pilot's death as aircraft crashes at Snitterby Carr - Market Rasen Mail (http://www.marketrasenmail.co.uk/news/Pilot39s-death-as-aircraft-crashes.5441473.jp)

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Pilot dies after plane crashes in field (http://www.thisislincolnshire.co.uk/news/Plane-crashes-field/article-1147834-detail/article.html)

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BREAKING: Plane crash in Lincolnshire - Gainsborough Today (http://www.gainsboroughstandard.co.uk/news/BREAKING-Plane-crash-in-Lincolnshire.5441329.jp)

Sad news.

Rans6

[modelman]

Looks like a Provost,what a bad year for GA.
MM

[staplefordheli]

Dont have any more details other than what is on the news but looks like a twin seater jet poss, provost went down with engine fire near Market Rasen this afternoon
BBC NEWS | UK | England | Light aircraft crash kills pilot (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8140907.stm)
Pics on the Tv of the tail looked like a provost in grey
could it have been departing Waddo from weekend as there was a fair few up there at the show
Pilot saddly killed

[ECAM_Actions]

The tail is wrong for a Jet Provost; it has ribbing on the rudder which the piston Provost does not.

This looks very much like a piston provost.

ECAM Actions.

[sammypilot]

Scunthorpe Telegraph reports the aircraft was a Piston Provost flying from Waddington to Linton-on-Ouse.

[Muaskid]

Sadly now reported to be the Alan House-owned Brimpton-based G-BKFW/XF597.

[Pilot's name withheld]

[staplefordheli]

Yes appologies
just seen some more tail pics and looks like piston Provost rather than the jet, colour looks grey
shows how witnesses get confused as one on the radio stated one engine was on fire!
Very sad and spooky not far from the Jet Provost crash that departed from Hull some years back

sorry missed the post above with reg

[Molesworth 1]

http://www.demobbed.org.uk/images/xf597.jpg

[Paul_Sengupta]

I would suspect XF877. I was parked next to it at Waddington. I didn't see John there (at Waddington).

[airborne_artist]

I'd agree with PS - the crest on the tail of XF877 is visible in some of the shots of the downed Provost.

[Saab Dastard]

All,

Can I ask you to refrain from posting the name(s) and or addresses of those killed in accidents unless they have already been published in local or national press? BBC, Sky, CNN are also acceptable, but not other forums as sources.

Very simply, if you post a link to (or the text of) such a release here containing such personal details, that's fine.

Otherwise keep it to yourselves.

This in no way prevents or diminishes our ability to report and discuss accidents.

Thanks

BRL, Keygrip & SD

[HAL-26]

Sad news. I am afraid the pilot's identity has now been confirmed. Attached is a brief obituary from the Historic Aircraft Association:


We sadly have to record that Captain John Fairey, Vice President of the HAA, lost his life in a flying accident on Wednesday 8th July 2009.

John was an experienced and highly respected aviator and display pilot, with a deep fund of knowledge on both flying and engineering vintage aircraft.

The son of Sir Richard Fairey, the founder of the Fairey Aircraft Company, John first obtained a PPL on seaplanes in Canada. Subsequently, he was trained on Chipmunks and Harvards by the Cambridge University Air Squadron.

For most of his flying career he flew for airlines, namely Cambrian Airways, British Airways and Channel Express Air Services. The aircraft that he flew included the DC3, Viscount, BAC-111, Herald and Fokker F27.

He was also involved with various forms of general aviation including flying instruction, aerial survey, air taxi and banner towing. From 1978 to 1980, he flew DC3s for the Rhodesian Air Force.

John was involved in display flying for over forty years. The first aircraft which John flew on the display circuit was the Spitfire Trainer G-AIDN.

Following the sale of 'DN’, he organised the construction and operation of a replica of the extinct Fairey Flycatcher biplane fighter of the 1920s.

More recently, his displays with the Piston Provost and SAAB Safir were noted for their grace, precision and for showing both aeroplanes to their best advantage.

In addition to Vice President of the HAA, John was a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and a Liveryman of the Guild of Air Pilots and Air Navigators.

John was also a staunch supporter of the Fleet Air Arm Museum at Yeovilton, where his Fairey Flycatcher replica is displayed along with other products of the ‘family firm’ which were a source of particular personal pride. These include the legendary Fairey Swordfish and the Fairey Delta 2, which in 1957 claimed for Britain, the title of the fastest aeroplane in the world.

http://www.haa-uk.aero/media/images/members/member-john-fairey.jpg

[Finn47]

Link to an article with a few pictures:

Police name pilot killed in Bishop Norton air crash - Market Rasen Mail (http://www.marketrasenmail.co.uk/news/Police-name-pilot-killed-in.5449183.jp)

[Pronto]

Very sad news. John checked me out when I joined my current club, and did so again when I checked out about two years later on another type the club operated. A very friendly and knowledgeable man who will be missed by all.

My condolences go to his family.

P

[IO540]

Is there any confirmation of the in-flight fire which I think some of the media reports suggested?

[worrab]

Eye-witness reports sounded sensationalist and (I think the word is) confabulated. I don't think it would be wise to rely on them.